---
type: "Bill"
title: "CRIME/PUNISHMENT: Increases the penalty for human trafficking involving sexual activity of persons under the age of eighteen. (8/1/24) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)"
description: "CRIME/PUNISHMENT: Increases the penalty for human trafficking involving sexual activity of persons under the age of eighteen. (8/1/24) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 306"
citation: "Louisiana SB 306 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stewart Cathey , Jr."]
version_count: 8
action_count: 33
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-03-01"
last_action: "2024-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/507a622f-0fd4-4d2e-9f73-b80a9e88a300"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=246587"
source_hash: "7a7e5514f664cfc7ea8b7b0608c1b4fa4e302beb4820050c0fe938d2f8a615ad"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-la"]
---

# Louisiana SB 306 (2024) — CRIME/PUNISHMENT: Increases the penalty for human trafficking involving sexual activity of persons under the age of eighteen. (8/1/24) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **SB306 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1352689)
2. **Conference Committee Report, #4011, House Adopted, Senate Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1377234)
3. **House Floor Amendment, #4896, Freeman, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1376380)
4. **SB306 Act 586** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1382247)
5. **SB306 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1354005)
6. **SB306 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1355364)
7. **Senate Floor Legislative Bureau Amendment, #711, Miller, G., Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1354074)
8. **SB306 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1381128)

## Votes

- ADOPT (#1405) — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#1131) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#31) — **37–1** (pass) · upper
- ADOPT CONFERENCE REPORT (#1654) — **89–0** (pass) · lower
- REJECT (#1032) — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Stewart Cathey , Jr. — primary (person)
- Blake Miguez — cosponsor (person)
- Caleb Kleinpeter — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Morris — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Abraham — cosponsor (person)
- Regina Ashford Barrow — cosponsor (person)
- Valarie Hodges — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2024-06-11** Effective date 8/1/2024.
- **2024-06-11** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 586. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2024-06-03** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-02** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2024-06-02** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate. `enrolled`
- **2024-05-31** Notice of Senate adoption of Conference Committee Report.
- **2024-05-31** Conference Committee Report read; adopted by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays.
- **2024-05-30** Notice House adopted the Conference Committee Report.
- **2024-05-30** Conference Committee Report read, roll called, yeas 89, nays 0. The Conference Committee Report was adopted.
- **2024-05-30** Called from the calendar.
- **2024-05-30** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- **2024-05-30** Notice of Senate rejecting House amendments.
- **2024-05-29** Conference committee report received.
- **2024-05-29** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/30/2024.
- **2024-05-28** Conference Committee report received. Lies over under the rules.
- **2024-05-23** Notice House Conference Committee members appointed.
- **2024-05-23** House conferees appointed: Ventrella, Villio, and Boyer.
- **2024-05-22** Notice of Senate conferees appointed.
- **2024-05-21** Senate conference committee members appointed: Cathey, Morris, and Barrow.
- **2024-05-21** Amendments proposed by the House read and rejected by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays.
- **2024-05-20** Received from the House with amendments. `receipt`
- **2024-05-20** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 96, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2024-05-15** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/20/2024.
- **2024-05-06** Read by title, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-05-01** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2024-04-30** Reported favorably (11-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-20** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-19** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2024-03-18** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 1 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2024-03-13** Read by title. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2024-03-12** Reported favorably. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-11** Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary C. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-01** Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Judiciary C. `filing, referral-committee`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/507a622f-0fd4-4d2e-9f73-b80a9e88a300`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).